Men's Swimming & Diving

Engineers Outswim Babson and Bowdoin

Nov 22, 2009

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT men's swimming and diving team
traveled to Brunswick, Maine, to face Bowdoin College and Babson
College in a tri-meet last Saturday. The Engineers had no trouble
with either team and easily downed both the Beavers (226-69) and
host Polar Bears (232-57) to close out the fall head-to-head
season.

MIT's men touched the wall first in all fourteen swimming events
with their only losses coming to Babson's Aaron Paradis, who took
first in both one- and three-meter diving. Two Engineers achieved
NCAA "B" cut times as Rastislav Racz won the 100 yard breaststroke
(57.84) and Brendan Liu finished first in the 200 yard backstroke
(1:53.88). In addition, junior Toomas Sepp bettered his personal
best with his winning time in the 100 yard butterfly (51.62).

Babson's leading scorers were Paradis and fellow-diver Ryan
Pope; the pair secured a 1-2 finish in both diving events.

Bowdoin's top performers included Nathan Mecray, who finished
second in both the 100 yard breaststroke and freestyle, and Basyl
Stuyvesant, who earned a runner-up finish in the 200 yard
backstroke.

The Engineers hit the pool again one more time before winter
break as they host several teams, including Bowdoin, for the MIT
Invitational on December 4-5. The Beavers will have a chance to
rest before their next meet when they travel to Coast Guard on
January 12.